Journeys with Jenny and Cole: Romantic Bamboo, part 2

Thursday was our last full day in Koh Samui, so we decided to visit a third town on the island, a small fisherman's village called Bo Phut. We got a car there from our resort. We weren't sure what to expect but we heard there were plenty of nice places to shop and eat. However, once we got there we saw that the beaches were really rocky and there weren't any chairs to relax on the beach. So instead we decided to visit a nearby attraction, the temple of the Big Buddha. We had actually seen it from the air on our flight to Samui so we got a cab there.

The entrance to the Big Buddha temple

Big Buddha! He is large and in charge.

Up close view of his large-ness

Me and Buddha

Cole walking down the stairs to the temple. You can see the serpent that runs along the stairway. This is a pretty common feature in the Buddhist temples here in Thailand and it's pretty awesome.

After we got our Buddha fix we decided to go to Chaweng since the beaches are a lot nicer there- softer sand, music always playing and a bunch of restaurants on the water. We spent a good portion of our day there just soaking up the sun. After a few hours we got some lunch at a Thai food place that had really good soup (tom yum and tom kha). I also had a drink called the Samui Breeze that was a delicious combo of coconut rum, pineapple juice and banana liqueur. It was actually my first and only mixed drink of the trip since the beer is so cheap here! After our late lunch we finished up our souvenir shopping and headed back to the resort.

Earlier in the day we had planned to do a milk bath this evening. Our room had a private outdoor jacuzzi so they came by to set up a hot bath with bath milks, bath salts and essential oils in the water. As you can see from the pictures they also lit candles and decorated the tub with rose petals and flowers for our soak.

Beautiful tub set up

There were a million rose petals and flowers floating on top of the bubbles. Very relaxing and romantical.

Up-close of the flowers and candles

After relaxing for a while it was time to choose where to eat our final dinner in Samui. We debated going to a restaurant caled The Cliff which supposedly has a good mix of Thai dishes and tapas, and has a wonderful view overlooking the ocean. But we ended up deciding to visit our friends at the Romantic Bamboo because we were craving it and we knew it wouldn't disappoint! This time we tried a glass noodle salad with seafood, vegetable fried rice, curry fried red snapper, and their homemade cheese and spinach raviolis. It was all amazing! We also got a bottle of white wine to celebrate our honeymoon, and we finished off the meal with some of their homemade ice cream. Really, between the delish food and the outstanding service, this place is one of the most wonderful restaurants we have ever visited! We hung out at the restaurant pretty late talking with Michel, the Italian man that owns the place, and his wife who is Thai (didn't catch her name unfortunately). Michel serves the whole restaurant which only has 6 tables, while his wife cooks up amazing food. He told us that they have only been in the restaurant business for 7 months and we were so impressed. Before that they lived in Italy for 10 years and his wife cooked with his mother every Sunday, so that is how she learned to cook Italian food! He was a car salesman back there and he told us he wasn't happy so they packed up and moved to his wife's home country to start their own restaurant. When we make it back to Samui (we are hoping this happens eventually) we will have to eat here again and see how they are doing. Michel also took some pictures of us which we will have to post on TripAdvisor later so he can see them.